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I he College Times MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2008 THE INDEPENDENT 5TUDENT VOICE OF UTAH VALLEY STATE VOLUME XXXVII NO. 22 LVCOLLEG ETM ES. COM Access the most recent UVSC news online 247. Mormon Conference The behavioral science department will host The Mormons. U2 rocks theaters 3-D The recently released 12 3D is more than your average movie. Miss UVSC Concepts of beauty parody contexts of learning. i I M Wrestling Seniors go out with wins in end of season. Keying cars is one form of retaliation for road rage tharhappens in parking lots. Dave Iba College Times Impulsive drivers take action Incidents of road rage on campus terrorize students Spencer Shell Ne.vs editor A number of criminal mischief reports have come into the campus police where students feel that damage to their cars has come as retaliation from angry drivers who they may have taken a parking spot from or cut off. Good parking spaces are a commodity on campus, considering the ongoing construction and increased enrollment. The desire to get a parking space coupled with the frustration of having someone else take it may be enough to push someone over the edge. On Feb. 4, according to the campus police blotter, "A female student reported air being let out of the tires on her car after she had parked and gone to class. The victim reported that she may have accidentally cut someone off on her .way into the parking lot and felt it was retaliation."liaac Workman also feels like he is the victim of criminal mischief, since on Jan. 17 his Mercedes was keyed after he parked in a spot that another student wanted. Workman said that when he got out of his car "the person in the car held on to their horn. I wondered what was going to happen. I wasn't sure if it was go- s ing to escalate into confrontation. It was a girl; she rolled down her window and called r SeeRAGE-M y Nothing is worth . . . i i . f getting pnysicai witn x another person over, especially a park- : ing spot. I know? that parking spots on campus are premium, but they're not worth fighting over." -Officer Chris Rockwood . r t ' ' -' ----- - . . 4 i i Midtown Village opens for business State Street apartments completed Dave iba College Times After a long construction period, Midtown Village Apartments on State Street in Orem have reached completion. The complex tops out at eight stories high with a price tag of building costs at $120 million. David Fullmer The Midtown Village on State Street in Orem is open for business, offering upscale condominiums and office space for various retailers and businesses. The $120 million complex, located at 320 S. State Street, towers over the city with eight stories. The first floor is strictly for retail and the second for office space. while elegant condominiums occupy the remaining floors. "We wanted to provide a unique lifestyle for our residents," said Rob Storey, Midtown's director of marketing. "Our residents will have the amenities of a hotel but in the comfort of their own home." These amenities include a fitness center and rooftop swimming pool, room See MIDTOWN A2 Rough history and Vagina Monologues controversy Hanna Hopkinson N".7,v;hK-f Controversy, violence and the vagina make their way to UVSC for the fifth year in a row, presenting' The Vagina Monologues. The Vagina Monologues has been a running tradition at UVSC - a tradition of outrage and intolerance shared by both sides of the issue. Many feel it is unnecessary and grotesque, ripping posters advertising for it : rrr - off the wall to demonstrate their disapproval; others believe the truth lies in the stories it tells, shaming rape and highlighting important women's issues such as love and abuse. "We need to ask 'Why?' when our play posters get anonymously pulled off of bulletin boards, or people turn and run from anything with the word Vagina in it," Carmell Hoopes-CIark, the director of this year's play, said. "What are people so afraid of?" What exactly is "The Vagina Monologues?"'. Why is it that is causes so much debate? It is a play made up of several one-person speeches and skits that are read by a varying number of women. Every speech is some-' how related to the vagi:, na. The relation could be through sex, rape, menstruation, mutilation, masturbation, birth, orgasm, the variety of names for the vagina, or simply as a W,., w ...... Vendor Sluuies UViC physical aspect of the fe-' male body. "1 read the play as I was coping with instances of abuse in my own life, and found reading it to be amazing in" facilitating healing for myself and others who faced similar traumas," Errin Julkunen-Pedersen, contributor and cast member of The Vagina Monologues, said. "I knew that it would be able to help countless other women in See HISTORY A4 Yohannes faces lifelongsentence EleanorTakahashi Editor in chief Kiddus Yohannes, the former student who was arrested June 2007 on charges of purchasing guns illegally and unlawfully possessing his roommates debit card, was convicted on Feb. 15 and may face life in the custody of immigration officials.Yohannes, 20, was found guilty of a third-degree felony, unlawful possession of a financial transaction card, by a jury of eight in the 4th District Court. The gun-related charges associated with the case were dropped in early January after a judge ruled the application forms used to obtain the guns w ere too vague. , . The jury - agreed -that although the card had not been used while Yohannes was in possession of it, there was in-. tent to use it, as otherwise the former UVSC student and Ethiopian refugee would have discarded it or turned it over to officials. The judge will serve a sentence on the case in March. Because Yohannes is an international refugee, he cannot be deported to Ethiopia but still faces life in the custody of U.S. Immigration officials. '".. -: ' ' ' ZT.i

I he College Times MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2008 THE INDEPENDENT 5TUDENT VOICE OF UTAH VALLEY STATE VOLUME XXXVII NO. 22 LVCOLLEG ETM ES. COM Access the most recent UVSC news online 247. Mormon Conference The behavioral science department will host The Mormons. U2 rocks theaters 3-D The recently released 12 3D is more than your average movie. Miss UVSC Concepts of beauty parody contexts of learning. i I M Wrestling Seniors go out with wins in end of season. Keying cars is one form of retaliation for road rage tharhappens in parking lots. Dave Iba College Times Impulsive drivers take action Incidents of road rage on campus terrorize students Spencer Shell Ne.vs editor A number of criminal mischief reports have come into the campus police where students feel that damage to their cars has come as retaliation from angry drivers who they may have taken a parking spot from or cut off. Good parking spaces are a commodity on campus, considering the ongoing construction and increased enrollment. The desire to get a parking space coupled with the frustration of having someone else take it may be enough to push someone over the edge. On Feb. 4, according to the campus police blotter, "A female student reported air being let out of the tires on her car after she had parked and gone to class. The victim reported that she may have accidentally cut someone off on her .way into the parking lot and felt it was retaliation."liaac Workman also feels like he is the victim of criminal mischief, since on Jan. 17 his Mercedes was keyed after he parked in a spot that another student wanted. Workman said that when he got out of his car "the person in the car held on to their horn. I wondered what was going to happen. I wasn't sure if it was go- s ing to escalate into confrontation. It was a girl; she rolled down her window and called r SeeRAGE-M y Nothing is worth . . . i i . f getting pnysicai witn x another person over, especially a park- : ing spot. I know? that parking spots on campus are premium, but they're not worth fighting over." -Officer Chris Rockwood . r t ' ' -' ----- - . . 4 i i Midtown Village opens for business State Street apartments completed Dave iba College Times After a long construction period, Midtown Village Apartments on State Street in Orem have reached completion. The complex tops out at eight stories high with a price tag of building costs at $120 million. David Fullmer The Midtown Village on State Street in Orem is open for business, offering upscale condominiums and office space for various retailers and businesses. The $120 million complex, located at 320 S. State Street, towers over the city with eight stories. The first floor is strictly for retail and the second for office space. while elegant condominiums occupy the remaining floors. "We wanted to provide a unique lifestyle for our residents," said Rob Storey, Midtown's director of marketing. "Our residents will have the amenities of a hotel but in the comfort of their own home." These amenities include a fitness center and rooftop swimming pool, room See MIDTOWN A2 Rough history and Vagina Monologues controversy Hanna Hopkinson N".7,v;hK-f Controversy, violence and the vagina make their way to UVSC for the fifth year in a row, presenting' The Vagina Monologues. The Vagina Monologues has been a running tradition at UVSC - a tradition of outrage and intolerance shared by both sides of the issue. Many feel it is unnecessary and grotesque, ripping posters advertising for it : rrr - off the wall to demonstrate their disapproval; others believe the truth lies in the stories it tells, shaming rape and highlighting important women's issues such as love and abuse. "We need to ask 'Why?' when our play posters get anonymously pulled off of bulletin boards, or people turn and run from anything with the word Vagina in it," Carmell Hoopes-CIark, the director of this year's play, said. "What are people so afraid of?" What exactly is "The Vagina Monologues?"'. Why is it that is causes so much debate? It is a play made up of several one-person speeches and skits that are read by a varying number of women. Every speech is some-' how related to the vagi:, na. The relation could be through sex, rape, menstruation, mutilation, masturbation, birth, orgasm, the variety of names for the vagina, or simply as a W,., w ...... Vendor Sluuies UViC physical aspect of the fe-' male body. "1 read the play as I was coping with instances of abuse in my own life, and found reading it to be amazing in" facilitating healing for myself and others who faced similar traumas," Errin Julkunen-Pedersen, contributor and cast member of The Vagina Monologues, said. "I knew that it would be able to help countless other women in See HISTORY A4 Yohannes faces lifelongsentence EleanorTakahashi Editor in chief Kiddus Yohannes, the former student who was arrested June 2007 on charges of purchasing guns illegally and unlawfully possessing his roommates debit card, was convicted on Feb. 15 and may face life in the custody of immigration officials.Yohannes, 20, was found guilty of a third-degree felony, unlawful possession of a financial transaction card, by a jury of eight in the 4th District Court. The gun-related charges associated with the case were dropped in early January after a judge ruled the application forms used to obtain the guns w ere too vague. , . The jury - agreed -that although the card had not been used while Yohannes was in possession of it, there was in-. tent to use it, as otherwise the former UVSC student and Ethiopian refugee would have discarded it or turned it over to officials. The judge will serve a sentence on the case in March. Because Yohannes is an international refugee, he cannot be deported to Ethiopia but still faces life in the custody of U.S. Immigration officials. '".. -: ' ' ' ZT.i